Bag-fastener.



H. TUEGKMANTEL.

BAG FASTENER. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1a, 1913.

1,080,792; Patented Dec. 9, 1913.

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HUGO TUECKIVIANTEL, OF IRVINGTON, KEV-J JERSEY, ASSIGNGB, "20 THE R. NEUMA'N'N HARDVIARE 00., A COB'EOEATEGN 0F NEW/V JERSEY.

BAG-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

lateiitedDec. 9, i913.

Application filed August 16, 1913.

2 Be it known that i, l-lnso Tonoiriilinriit, of the two connected members of the catch a citizen of the United States, residing at in ti 1r closed relation, said View being Irvingtomin thecounty of Essex and State of made on an enlarged scale; and Fig. at is a New Jerse have invented certain new and transverse vertical section of the same, said useful Improvements in Bag-Fasteners; and section being taken on line i e in said I do hereby declare the following to be a Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a rear view of the lower full, clear, and exact description of the inmain member of the catch with the locking vention, such as will enable others skilled bar-carrying post and the retaining disk or in the art to which it appertains to make plate for retaining the locking bar in its and use the same, reference being had to the variously rotated positions, omitted from accompanying drawings, and to characters said view; and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of reference marked thereon, which form a of said retaining disk or plate. part of this specification. tiiniilar c iaracters of reference are cur This invention has reference, generally, to ployed in the said above described views to improvements in that class of catches adaptindicate corresponding parts. ed for use w th poi't-folios, music-rolls, Referring now to the several figures of pocket-books, and the like; and, the inven the drawings, the reference-character 1 indition has for its principal. object to provide cates my novel form of holding or looking a simply and effectively operating locking or cat-ch, the same comprisin two separable holding catch of the general character heremembers or elements, one a lower main meminafter more particularly set forth, and for her which is adapted to be secured to the the purposes above stated, the device conibody of, and the other an upper member prising a chambered shell or casing, prowhich is adapted to be attached to the flap vided with a rotatable lock-pin and bar, and means within the shell or casing which holds the pin, at different partial turns, in relaof a port-folio, music roll, or otner suitable article of manufacture with which the said tively non-rotatable positions, and at the same time indicating such held positions of To all whom it mag concern: sep rated relation. Fig. 3 is a rear view holding or locking catch may be employed. The said lower main member which may be of any su table conformation and is made in the pin by a perceptible snap. the form of a chambered shell or casing coni Other ob]ects of this invention not at this prising face-plate 2, is surrounded by a downwardly extending wall, as 3, so as to provide a suitable chamber, as 4. Extending in opposite directions from the said shell or casing; suitably formed ears or lugs, as 5, provided with suitably disposed holes or perforations 6 for the reception of rivets, or the like, by means of which the shell or casing may be secured in its proper position to the body of the article of manufacture with which the catch is to be used. Extending the upper part of said shell or casing is a straight wall, as 7, said wall providing a stop to the downward movement of the upper member, to be presently described,

time more particularly enumerated will be clearly understood from the following detailed description of the same.

With the various objects of the invention in view, the said invention consists, primarily, in the novel looking or holding catch hereinafter set forth; and, the invention consists, furthermore, in the novel arrangements and combinations of the several parts comprising the catch, all of which will be more fully described in the following specification, and then finally embodied in the clauses of the claim which are appended to and which form an essential part of this specification. when the parts of the catch are brought into The invention is clearly illustrated in the I their closed relation. lvtending in an upaccompanying drawings, in which zward direction from said wall '4" is a plate like grinding member 8 which is provided with a fort "dly projecting stud 9, as

shown more particularly in Figs. i and 5 of the drawings.

The upper member or element of the holdis made in the form of in or looking catch a plate 10 which is provided with suitably Figure 1 is a front view of the looking or holding catch embodying the principles of the present invention, showing the separable members of the catch in their closed relation; and Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same parts represented in said Fig. 1, but showing the members of the catch in their jections 1?, usually four disposed holes or perforations 11 for the reception of rivets, or other fastening means, for attaching the plate to the flap of a portfolio, music roll, or the like. At its lower and straight edge-portion 12, the plate is formed with a rearwardly extending part 13 and an upwardly projecting portion 14, the said plate 10 and said upwardly projecting portion 14 providing two parts which are adapted to embrace the flap of the port-folio, or the like, when the plate 10 is secured in place, as will be clearly evident. The said upwardly projecting portion 14 is provided with a hole or perforation 15 of the proper size into which the previously-mentioned stud 9 of the lower main me .iber is inserted, in the manner indicated in Figs. 3 and L of the drawings, when the parts are brought into their closed relation shown in said figures. The said lower main member is provided in its faceplate 2 with an outwardly extendii'ig areshaped rib or projection, l6, and concentric with said rib or projection 16, the said plate is also provided with a series of inwardly projecting arc-shaped ribs or proof such ribs or projections 17 being employed, and such ribs or projections being of such length, so that a depressed part or space 18 will be provided between the ends of the respective adjacent ribs or projections 17, as will be clearly seen from an inspection of Fig. 5 of the drawings. The said face-plate 2 is also provided with a centrally disposed hole or perforation 19 forming a suitable bearing in which is rotatably disposed a pivotpin 20. Suitably fixed to the outer end-portion of said pin 20, so as to rotate with the same, is a holding or locking bar 21, the said bar being provided at its end-portions with knobs or projections 22, providing suitable finger-pieces for manipulating said bar, and the rear surface of the bar riding upon and bearing in frictional sliding engagement upon the outwardly extending arc-shaped rib or projection 16 of the face plate 2, as clearly shown in Figs. 1, 2 and at of the drawings. Suitably fixed upon the inner end-portion of said pivot-pin 20, which projects into the chamber 4, is a retaining disk or plate, as 23, said disk or plate being preferably male cup-shaped, as indicated in Fig. 6 of the drawings, and having a marginal flange, as Upon oppositely disposed portions, this flange is slitted, as at 25 and 26, so as to provide a pair oppositely projecting and slightly downwardly extending springfingers 27 and 28. Upon their free end-portions, these fingers are made with V-shaped, or other suitably shaped, holding or retaining elements or members 29 which are adapted to slide upon said inwardly projecting arc shaped ribs or projections 17, and are re spectively adapted, when the bar 21 and pivot-pin 20 are rotated, to positively snap or spring into removable holding or retaining engagement with the oppositely located depressed parts 18 formed between the ends of the adjacent ribs or projections 17, in the manner clearly represented in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings. The assembled arrangement of the parts is such, that a binding frictional relation of the bar 21 and the retaining disk or plate 23 with the opposite sides of the face-plate 2 will be had, but such binding frictional relation of the parts being insuflicient to prevent the manipulation and ready rotation of the bar 21 from its locking relation into its unlocked. relation, and vice versa.

The manipulation of the catch and its operation will be clearly understood from the foregoing de cription of the present invention, and from an inspection of the several figures of the drawings, and a further description of the same is therefore deemed unnecessaryrand, it will be evident from the foregoing description of the present invention that I have devised a simply constructed and neat catch, the two holding members of which, when the parts are in their locked relation, can not become accidentally unlatched, and the two members being positively retained in their latched relation, until the bar 21 is manipulated by the operator.

1 am aware that some changes may be made in the general arrangements and combinations of the various devices and parts, as well as in the details of the construction of the same, without departing from the scope of the present invention as set forth in the foregoing specification and as defined in the clauses of the claims which are appended thereto. Hence, I do not limit my present invention to the exact arrangements and combinations of the said devices and parts as described in the said s iiecification, nor do 1 confine myself to the exact details of the construction of the said parts as illus trated in the accompanying drawings.

1 claim 1. A catch for port-folios, and the like, comprising a lower and an upper member, said lower member being made in the form of a chambered shell or casing, a plate-like member extending upwardly from said chambered shell or casing, a retaining means connected with said plate-like member and said upper member for bringing said lower and upper members into locked engagement, a pivot-pin rotatably connected with said chambered shell or casing, a holding bar mounted upon said pin for rotating said pin, and a retaining disk within said chambered shell or casing also mounted upon said pin,

and means connected with said disk in slid-- ably retaining engagement with the inner brought into retaining surface-portions of said shell or casing for retaining said holding bar in its variously rotated positions.

2. A catch for port-folios, and the like, comprising a lower and an upper member, said lower member being made in the form of a chambered shell or casing, a plate-like member extending upwardly from said chambered shell or casing, a retaining means connected with said plate-like member and said upper member for bringing said lower and upper members into locked engagement, a pivot-pin rotatably connected with said chambered shell or casing, a holding bar mounted. upon said pin for rotating said pin, and a retaining disk within said chambered shell or casing also mounted upon said pin, and spring-fingers connected with said disk, said fingers being provided at their free ends with retaining elements in slidable engagement with the inner surface portions of said shell or casing for retaining said holding bar in its variously rotated positions.

3. A catch for port-folios, comprising a lower and an upper member, said lower member being made in the form of a chambered shell or casing, a plate-like member extending upwardly from said chambered shell or casing, a retaining means connected with said plate-like member and said upper member for hinging said lower and upper member into locked engagement, a pivot-pin rotatably connected with said chambered shell or casing, a holding bar mounted upon said pin for rotating said pin, and a retaining disk within said chambered shell or casing also mounted upon said pin, and said chambered shell or casing being provided with a series of inwardly project ing arc-shaped ribs formed with retaining depressions between said ribs, and means connected with said disk in slidable engagement with said ribs and adapted to be engagement with said retaining depressions for retaining said holding bar in its variously rotated positions.

41. A catch for port-folios, and the like, comprising a lower and an upper member, said lower member being made in the form of a chambered shell or casing, a plate-like member extending upwardly from said chambered shell or casing, a retaining means connected with said plate-like member and said upper member for bringing said lower and upper members into locked engagement, a pivot-pin rotatably connected with said chambered shell or casing, a holding bar mounted upon said pin for rotating said pin, and a retaining disk within said chambered shell or casing also mounted upon said pin, and said chambered shell or casing being provided with a series of inwardly projecting arc-shaped ribs formed with reand the like,

taining depressions between said ribs, and sprin -fingers connected with said disk, said fingers being provided at their free ends with retaining elements in slidable engagement with said ribs and adapted to be brought into retaining engagement with said retaining depressions for retaining said holding bar in its variously rotated positions.

5. A catch for port-folios, comprising a lower and an upper member, said lower member being made in the form of a chambered shell or casing, a plate-like member extending upwardly from said chambered shell or casing, a retaining means connected with said plate-like member and said upper member for bringing said lower and upper members into locke engagement, said shell or casing being provided in its face-plate with an outwardly extending arc-shaped rib, a pivot-pin rotatably connected with said chambered'shell or casing, a holding bar mounted upon sai in for rotating said pin, said bar being in slidable frictional engagement with said outwardly extending rib, and a retaining disk within said chambered shell or casing also mounted upon said pin, and means connected with said disk in slidable retaining engagement with the inner surface-portions of said shell or casing for retaining sai holding bar in its variously rotated positions.

6. A catch for port-folios, and the like, comprising a lower and an upper member, said lower member being made in the form of a chambered shell or casing, a plate-like member ext-ending upwardly from said chambered shell or casing, a retaining means con nected with said plate-like member and said upper member for bringing said lower and upper members into locked engagement, said shell or casing being provided in its faceplate with an outwardly extending areshaped rib, a pivot-pin rotatably connected with said chambered shell or casing, a holding bar mounted upon said pin for rotating said pin, said bar being in slidable frictional engagement with said outwardly extending rib, and a retaining disk within said chambered shell or casing also mounted upon said pin, and spring-fingers connected with said disk, said fingers being provided at their free ends with retaining elements in slidable engagement with the inner surface portions of said shell or'casing for retaining said holding bar in its variously rotated positions.

7. A catch for port-folios, and the like, comprising a lower and an upper member, said lower member being made in the form of a chambered shell or casing, a plate-like member extending upwardly from said chambered shell or casing, a retaining means connected with said plate-like member and and the like,

nected with said disk in vshell or casing bein pin for rotating said pin, said bar being in slidable frictional engagement with said outwardly extending rib, and a retaining disk within said chambered shell or casing said upper member for bringing said lower and upper members into locked engagement, said shell or casing being provided in its face-plate with an outwardly extending arcshaped rib, a pivot-pin rotatably connected with said chambered shell or casing, a hold ing bar mounted upon said pin for rotating said pin, said bar being in slidable frictional engagement with said outwardly extending rib, and a retaining disk within said chambered shell. or casing also mounted upon said pin, said chambered shell or casing being provided with a series of inwardly projecting arc-shaped ribs formed with retaining depressions between said ribs, and means conslidable engagement with said ribs and adapted to be brought into retaining engagement with said retaining depressions for retaining said holding bar in its variously rotated positions.

8. A catch for port-fo lies, and the like, comprising a lower and an upper member, said lower member being made in the form of a chambered shell or casing,'a plate-like member extending upwardly from said chambered shell or casing, a retaining means connected with said plate-like member and said upper member for bringing said lower and upper members into locked engagement, said g provided in its faceplate with an outwardly extending areshaped rib, a pivot-pin rotatably connected with said chambered shell or casing, a holding bar mounted upon said pin for rotating said pin, said bar being in slidable frictional engagement with said outwardly extending rib, and a retaining disk within said chambered shell or casing also mounted upon said pin, said chambered shell or casing being provided with a series of inwardly projecting arc-shaped ribs formed with retaining depressions between said ribs, and spring-fingers connected with said disk, said fingers being provided at their free ends with retaining elements in slidable engagementwith said ribs and adapted to be brought into retaining engagement with said retaining depressions for retaining said holding bar in its variously rotated positions.

9. A catch for port-folios, and the like, comprising a lower and an upper member, said lower member being made in the form of a chambered shell or casing, a plate-like member extending upwardly from said chambered shell or casing, a retaining stud projecting forwardly from said plate-like member, said stud being adapted to be brought into holding engagement with a perforation with which said upper member is provided, said shell or casing being provided in its face-plate with an outwardly extending arc-shaped rib, a pivot-pin rotatably connected with said chambered shell or casing, a holding bar mounted upon said nected with said disk in slidable retaining of said shell or casing for retaining said holding bar in its variously rotated positions.

10. A catch for port-folios, and the like, comprising a lower and an upper member, said lower member being made in the form of a chambered shell or casing, a plate-like member extending upwardly from said chambered shell or casing, a retaining stud projecting forwardly from said plate-like member, said stud being adapt-ed to be brought into holding engagement with a perforation with which said upper member is provided, said shell or casing being provided in its faceplate with an outwardly extending arc-shaped rib, a pivot-pin rotatably connected with said chambered shell or casing, a holding bar mounted upon said pin for rotating said pin, said bar being in slidable frictional engagement with said out-- wardly'extending rib, and a retaining disk within said chambered shell or casing also mounted upon said pin, and spring-fingers connected with said disk, said fingers being provided at their free ends with retaining elements in slidable engagement with the inner surface portions of said shell or casing for retaining said holding bar in its variously rotated positions. a

'11. A catch for port-folios, and the like, comprising a lower and an upper member, said lower member being made in the form of a chambered shell or casing, a plate-like member extending upwardly from said chambered shell or casing, a retaining stud projecting forwardly from said plate-like member, said stud being adapted to be brought into holding engagement with aperforation with which said upper member is provided, said shell or casing being pro vided in its face-plate with an outwardly extending arc-shaped rib, va pivot-pin rotatably connected with said chambered shell or casing, a holding bar mounted upon said pin for rotating said pin, said bar being in slidable frictional engagement with said outwardly extending rib, and a retaining disk within said chambered shell or casing also mounted upon said pin, said chambered shell or casing being provided with a series of inwardly projecting arc-shaped ribs formed with retaining depressions between said ribs, and means connected with said disk in slidable engagement with said ribs and adapted to be brought into retaining engagement with said retaining depressions for retaining said holding bar in its variously rotated positions.

also mounted upon said pin, and means conengagement with the inner surface-portions 12. A catch for port-folios, and the like, comprising a lower and an upper member, said lower member being made in the form of a chambered shell or casing, a plate-like member extending upwardly from said chambered shell or casing, a retaining stud projecting forwardly from said plate-like member, said stud being adapted to be brought into holding engagement with a perforation with which said upper member is provided, said shell or casing being provided in its face-plate with an outwardly extending arc-shaped rib, a pivot-pin rotatably connected with said chambered sh ll or casing, a holding bar mounted upon said pin for rotating said pin, said bar being in slidable frictional engagement with said outwardly extending rib, and a retaining disk within said chambered shell or casing also Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the mounted upon said pin, said chambered shell or casing being provided with a series of inwardly projecting arc-shaped ribs formed with retaining depressions between said ribs, and spring-lingers connected with said disk, said fingers being provided at their free ends with retaining elements in slidable engagement with said ribs and adapted to be brought into retaining engagement with said retaining depressions for retaining said holding bar in its variously rotated positions.

In testimony, that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of August, 1913.

HUGO TUECKMANTEL.

Witnesses:

FREDK. C. FnAnN'rznL, FREDK. H. W. FRAENTZEL.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

